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Thu Aug 14, 2025, 04:59 PM Aug 2025

Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom's rollout of California redistricting campaign [View all]

Source: SF Chronicle

As Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his California redistricting campaign Thursday at an event in Los Angeles, a U.S. Border Patrol sector chief showed up outside with a contingent of armed and masked agents.

Inside, speaking at a podium emblazoned with the apparent slogan for the ballot measure Newsom is pushing — the Election Rigging Response Act — a series of supporters framed the measure as a response to efforts by Republicans to redraw their own maps.

“If we do not fight back, they will continue to seize unfettered power, defy the will of the people and threaten the health and wellbeing of all of us,” said Jodi Hicks, CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California.

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-california-redistricting-20817711.php

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Total provocation, again. erronis Aug 2025 #1
Just Trump's hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #2
Getting it while they can BaronChocula Aug 2025 #3
Bovino JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #5
and instead azureblue Aug 2025 #12
They are pathetic JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #18
Bass and Newsom Are Right! JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #4
Video: Border Patrol Conducts RAID Outside Newsom Press Conference riversedge Aug 2025 #6
Nazis don't like free speech wolfie001 Aug 2025 #7
attempted intimidation. quakerboy Aug 2025 #8
Accomplished impotence. paleotn Aug 2025 #10
And how many times has Donnie Dumb Ass threatened to have Newsom arrested? paleotn Aug 2025 #9
So who knew they were there? tonekat Aug 2025 #11
and were they too far inland azureblue Aug 2025 #13
Probably not. Shipwack Aug 2025 #16
Helping make Newsom's point. nt dflprincess Aug 2025 #14
Cosplaying as Brownshirts, huh? /nt spudspud Aug 2025 #15
How were masked armed men allowed to be anywhere near the Gov of CA? Why was this not a huge security breach? maptap22 Aug 2025 #17
It's really bad optics JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #19
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